Table 2. Summary table of review authors’ ratings of risk of bias and applicability concerns for each study.
Study | Risk of bias |
Applicability concerns |
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Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | |
DISCOVER-FLOW4 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
DeFACTO5 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
NXT8 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
Kim et al.6 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
Renker et al.7 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
Coenen et al.12 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
Geer et al.13 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
⊕ Low Risk.
⊖ High Risk.
? Unclear Risk.